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No. 228,226. Pat ent ed lune 1,1880.

N. PETERS. FHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. [7 C4 lINiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE- JAGOB J. SNYDER, OF BRYAN, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,226, dated June 1, 1880.

Application filed March 24, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB J. SNYDER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bryan, in the county of Williams and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a side view of the upper and heel piece folded; Fig. 2, a rear view thereof, both pieces being distended; Fig. 3, a similar view with one side of the heel-piece sewed to the upper; and Fig. 4, aside view, representing the two pieces sewed together and folded.

My invention relates to shoes and other coveringsfor the feet, and has particular reference to forming the crimp in the back thereof; and it consists in the construction of the upper and heel piece, as hereinafter described, whereby the crimp is effected.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the leg, quarter, and upper for the shoe, the rear portion of which is cut so as to form the convex outline described between the letters B 0 when folded, and B O D when unfolded or distended.

The letter E indicates the heel-piece, which is cut so as to form the concave outline described between the letters F G and the right lines G I J when folded and the curved lines F G H when unfolded. The concave line F G of the heel-piece E corresponds in its curve to the convex line B O of the piece A, so that when the two pieces are brought together, with edge near edge, the line of juncture being indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, the right line G I will be at an oblique angle to the line C Gof the piece A, substantially as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

After the two parts have been cut as described, they are brought together, the edge of (ModeL) the heel-piece between F G being placed along the dotted line shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and it is sewed thereto, beginning at the lower lefthand corner at F B and continuing to the point K. The lower right-hand corner H of the heel-piece is then taken hold of and drawn downward until the edge of the heel-piece between G H is brought along the dotted line between C D, (shown in Figs. 2 and 3,) after which the sewing is continued along the dotted line to the ends D H of the two pieces,

This will be found to crimp the shoe at the back, the crimp being sewed in so that it will not come out in wear.

The crimping is more easily and quickly effected than in the old way. It is more lasting, maintaining the shoe in its proper shape, and it allows the shoe to be formed without a scam in the back.

This lastfeature, I am aware, is not new, and therefore I lay no claim to a seamless back to a shoe; but both the means and the method of forming the crimp are my invention.

By the means and method described a shoe of any size, from the smallest childs to the largest adults shoe, can be made with the crimping and form of the shoe always exact.

The shoe cannot get out of shape, for the crimp is sewed into it.

The shoe is light and easy on the ankle, and the upper-piece can be cut out of the softest leather, while the heel-piece can be made of stouter and the best material.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- Th e shoe-pattern composed of piece A, formed with the curved lines B G and G D, and piece E, formed with curved lines F G and G H, the two parts being adapted to fit together, asdescribed, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB J. SNYDER.

Witnesses:

EDWARD FOSTER, EMMET O. FosTER. 

